Hepatology Research Labs
Roniel Cabrera M.D., M.S.
Medical Director Of Liver Transplant, Section Chief Of Hepatology & Professor
Email:
rcabrera@ufl.edu
Ginger Clark M.D., M.S.
Clinical Professor and GI Fellowship Program Director
Email:
clarkvc@medicine.ufl.edu
Roberto J Firpi-Morell M.D., M.S.
Professor
Patrick M Horne MSN, APRN
Clinical Programs Coordinator 4
Consuelo Soldevila Pico M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Email:
soldevc@medicine.ufl.edu
Virginia “Ginger” Clark, M.D., M.S.
Research Interests
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (natural history and treatment)
- NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease)/NASH (Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis)
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- General Liver Disorders
Roniel Cabrera, M.D., M.S.
Research Interests
- Natural history of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and impact of therapy
- Biomarkers of HCC development
- Immunoregulatory aspects of HCC
- Liver Transplant
- Cirrhosis
- Palliative Care
Roberto Firpi-Morell, MD, MS
Research Interests
- NAFLD/NASH
- Hepatitis C (detection and treatment)
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
- Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI)/Hepatotoxicity
- Wilson Disease
- Liver transplant
Giuseppe (Joseph) Morelli, MD
Primary Research Interests
- End-Stage Liver Disease (Encephalopathy, Ascites, Varices, etc)
- Cirrhosis/Transplant
- NAFLD/NASH
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Cystic Fibrosis and patients with overlapping gastroenterology/liver symptoms
- Viral Hepatitis (Hepatitis B, C)
Consuelo Soldevila-Pico, MD
Primary Research Interests
- Liver Transplant (Pre and Post)
- Hepatitis B/Hepatitis D
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- General liver disorders
UF Hepatology Research at CTRB staff:
| Name | Title | Business Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lasheaka McClellan | Assistant Director of Hepatology Clinical Research | (352) 273-7285 | lasheaka.mcclellan@medicine.ufl.edu |
| Lauren E Morelli | Research Program Services 3 | (352) 273-9508 | morelle@medicine.ufl.edu |
| Briana Foerman | Clinical Research Coord III | (352) 294-5152 | bfoerman@ufl.edu |
| Tiara Johnson | Clinical Research Coordinator III | (352) 273-9464 | tiara.l.johnson@ufl.edu |
| Damini Bura | Clinical Research Coord III | (352) 273-9512 | dbura@ufl.edu |
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
GI/Hepatobiliary
- The GI/Hepatobiliary Clinical Research Unit (CRU) is highly regarded, attracting a wide range of clinical and translational investigators. This CRU comprises five thematically related groups focused on, or using techniques relevant to, problems in gastroenterology. These groups are: GI Cancer, Inflammation, Liver Disorders/Virology, Nutrition/Metabolism, and Clinical Investigation.
Services
- The active clinical research operations of the GI CRU make unique patient populations and tissues available to the research community.
Resources available to investigators include consultative expertise, clinical coordinators, regulatory personnel, and complete research staffing.